If you're not using your desktop for gaming or other really heavy duty stuff, the Acer T2 monitor ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-kRXSx2bDM ) or something similar could be an awesome desktop replacement.

MG Siegler writes: The PC is over. It will linger, but increasingly as a relic. I now dread using my computer. I want to use a tablet most of the time. And increasingly, I can. I want to use a smartphone all the rest of the time. And I do. The value in the desktop web is increasingly an ...

I personally would never buy a device which is just a router. I think it's very pointless to have a modem and a router sitting next to each other while you can buy a single device which does the same. Sure, finding a proper modem with gigabit ethernet can be a bit tricky, but they're there.

About a year and a half ago, I researched the state of routers: about as unsexy as it gets but essential to the stability, reliability, and security of your Internet connection. My conclusion? This is boring old plain vanilla commodity router hardware, but when combined with an open source fi...